[ilovemyglo]

I don't believe the way our chapter had it set up went against ritual in ANY WAY!
We had sister mothers at the pledge ceremony, and the continued all they way through your time- my sister mother is about to get married, and she is ALWAYS my sis mom- they are there at initiation and everything. We had it set up that AFTER initiation the newly initiated girls could mutally select a BIG sister with the older girls. It worked out wonderfully, because if your sister mother was the absolute best and you wanted her as your big, you could ask her. And some girls did, some girls felt closer to other women in the chapter and asked them. My big sister is now the chapter advisor.
There are some chapters that I know for a fact have Pearl Pals and stuff or Squirrel Pals and they stay with them until later.

What about this- have a Pearl Pal or Squirrel or whatever through pledgeship and mutually select a sistermother, and find out who it is at initiation?
that would be even better than a candlelighting!